The Puffer Forum

Thank you for the above post. The other fish appear to be good, I don't think they were nibbling on their friend while he was still alive. As for Mr. Puffer, slowly more and more eager to eat, still appears to have trouble seeing exactly where the food is if at all. I'm going to assume that he has d...

Hi all, sorry for the bit of delay, here's an update: Current water conditions: Nitrate ~15ppm Nitrite 0 Ammonia 0 GH ~80ppm KH ~100ppm pH 6.8 constant/stable Since my last post I have done a full Melafix treatment after removing the carbon filter media. After the seven day stretch I did a 25% water...

Ok, I've read about that stuff. I picked some up at the fish store today and will do a treatment, looks like 7 days total. I'll keep you posted on results! As for the water readings, yes, that was after a 50% 7 days ago and a 30% 3 days ago. I've never let the Nitrates rise above ~20ppm and have nev...

Hi everyone, part time lurker, lots of great info I've used since owning my puffer, thanks for that. Registered today to ask a question regarding a change in behavior for my dwarf puffer. I'll start with water conditions: Nitrate ~10ppm Nitrite 0 Ammonia 0 GH ~80ppm KH ~100ppm pH 6.8 constant/stable...